I have a friend, Strahan Coleman. I know him mostly as an author because we met after I discovered his writing on IG, excerpts from his Prayer Volumes. Here’s an excerpt from Volume 3:

But what I wanted to share here is from his music, which just now, I am starting to listen to. So profound.

Stay

There is a whisper,
A quiet invitation,
Beckoning me to come,
A hand of kindness,
A good and trusting one,
A hand that will never fail.

My bags are packed but I’m glued to the phone,
Cause I’ve got nowhere else to go,
So I stay.

I have a mind that will wait for war to take it’s toll,
Before it will still itself,
But I’ve seen the face of love,
A chest that warms and welcomes,
A table that never fails.
Oh I’ve been running’ I’ve been fading to grey,

But I hear you calling my name,
Your voice is singing out like fire in the rain,
So I stay.

Oh you’re not finished yet,
This can’t be where it ends,
Come kick this barrenness out into the grave,
You promised better yet,
So I’m lookin’ at you my friend and I stay.

Check out Commoner’s Communion.